Absolutely stanus, I love driving past each day and seeing new developments. It is going to be hard later in the build when nothing much seem to be changing from the outside.... hopefully we will still be able to sneak inside to keep an eye on progress.

Absolutely stanus, I love driving past each day and seeing new developments. It is going to be hard later in the build when nothing much seem to be changing from the outside.... hopefully we will still be able to sneak inside to keep an eye on progress.

the tradies occasionally forget the doors unlocked (after lock up). It is then sneak in time to have a look!

Haha! That will be our plan too! Although I think our site manager that has just taken over for frame until finish, is a bit of a 'hardass'. If we end up finding issues onsite whilst sneaking in, he doesn't respond to it too well apparently.... Let's see what happens.

Absolutely stanus, I love driving past each day and seeing new developments. It is going to be hard later in the build when nothing much seem to be changing from the outside.... hopefully we will still be able to sneak inside to keep an eye on progress.

Ours was unlocked for the entire build...

Plus, if you have awning windows, open one about 2 inches and loosen the screws so you can lift the winder arm off the frame and climb in

Besides that, the VBA guidelines are crystal clear - you can access your building site at any time you please, the Metricon clause wouldn't stand up in court

Absolutely stanus, I love driving past each day and seeing new developments. It is going to be hard later in the build when nothing much seem to be changing from the outside.... hopefully we will still be able to sneak inside to keep an eye on progress.

Ours was unlocked for the entire build...

Plus, if you have awning windows, open one about 2 inches and loosen the screws so you can lift the winder arm off the frame and climb in

Besides that, the VBA guidelines are crystal clear - you can access your building site at any time you please, the Metricon clause wouldn't stand up in court

Thanks Drew01, we do have awning windows, so I will remember that. Good to know about the guidelines also - just going to have to see what the attitude of our SS is like through the build.

So far, our slab is level in each room and all walls are straight - thank goodness for hubby and his spirit level and electronic laser level I'm glad he has every tool known to man (one of the reasons we need that shed!)

Dropped some beers off to our framers this morning on the way to work... they should be finished the roof trusses today, so we wanted to thank them for getting it all done in a week, and to also wish them a Happy Easter. Going to pop in and see them next Wednesday when I'm off work, to walk through and add some noggins for TV wall mounts, heavy pendants, etc. Another slab for them is much cheaper than organising this stuff through M Admin!

Dropped some beers off to our framers this morning on the way to work... they should be finished the roof trusses today, so we wanted to thank them for getting it all done in a week, and to also wish them a Happy Easter. Going to pop in and see them next Wednesday when I'm off work, to walk through and add some noggins for TV wall mounts, heavy pendants, etc. Another slab for them is much cheaper than organising this stuff through M Admin!

The beer economy works incredibly well...

Make sure you take photos of where you're noggins are with a measure next to them... Our towel rail noggins aren't where we measured them to be, so we've had to use plugs through the tile and plaster

Dropped some beers off to our framers this morning on the way to work... they should be finished the roof trusses today, so we wanted to thank them for getting it all done in a week, and to also wish them a Happy Easter. Going to pop in and see them next Wednesday when I'm off work, to walk through and add some noggins for TV wall mounts, heavy pendants, etc. Another slab for them is much cheaper than organising this stuff through M Admin!

The beer economy works incredibly well...

Make sure you take photos of where you're noggins are with a measure next to them... Our towel rail noggins aren't where we measured them to be, so we've had to use plugs through the tile and plaster

Thanks Drew01, will do. We are getting M to install our towel rails and toilet roll holders ,so hopefully they get it right! But we will need to note where noggins are for the TV mounts, and pendant placement. I guess i will have to talk to the electricians to ensure they put certain light fittings through the noggins where we intend to change to pendants. Our massive stairwell pendant is 22kg!